Yamasaki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VENUS YAMASAKI, Case No. 23-cv-00182-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE TRANSFER AND

v. PARTIAL JUDGMENT ON THE

PLEADINGS

NATROL, LLC,

Defendant.

Defendant Natrol, LLC’s pending motions, Dkt. Nos. 20, 23, are suitable for decision without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The hearing that was set for July 20, 2023, is vacated. Natrol has asked to transfer venue to the Central District of California pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Dkt. No. 20. A transfer is denied. As the Supreme Court stated in Atlantic Marine, “the overarching consideration under § 1404(a) is whether a transfer would promote ‘the interest of justice.’” Atlantic Marine Const. Co., Inc. v. U.S. District Court for Western District of Texas, 571 U.S. 49, 63 (2013). Natrol’s main argument for transfer is that Judge Walter in the Central District has already decided a very similar case, Scarpo v. Natrol, LLC, No. 21-1979 (C.D. Cal.), and so the interests of conserving…